英格蘭和威爾斯高等法院(EWHC) 已接受Masudur Rahman's的指控，即他82 歲的朋友Al-Hasib Al Mahmood 在2020 年10 月封鎖期間去世前一周將其所有英國資產交給了他。EWHC裁定，禮物構成有效的死後捐贈，因為死者沒有時間為新的遺囑找到證人。相反，他向遺囑撰寫人發送了一條短信，表示索賠人將是其資產的唯一所有者，並撤銷了他之前的遺囑（Rahman v Hassan，2024 EWHC 1290 Ch）。
CONTENTIOUS ESTATES: Deceased's text message to will writer was enough to prove deathbed gifts valid, finds EWHC
The England and Wales High Court (EWHC) has accepted Masudur Rahman's claim that his 82-year-old friend Al-Hasib Al Mahmood gave him all his UK assets in the week before his death during lockdown in October 2020. The EWHC ruled that the gifts constituted valid donationes mortis causa, as the deceased had not had time to find witnesses for a new will. Instead, he sent a text message to his will writer stating that the claimant was to be the sole owner of his assets and revoking his previous will (Rahman v Hassan, 2024 EWHC 1290 Ch).
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